ting
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: tĭng; IPA(key): /tɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Etymology 1
editInterjection
editting
- Used to represent the sound of a small bell.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, “The Private Theatricals”, in Sketches by Boz:
- Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- “Aah, Miss Zoe!” proclaimed Raj, as she opened the door to his shop. The bell rang as she entered. TING.
Noun
editting (plural tings)
- A high-pitched ringing sound, as made when a small bell is struck.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xxiii. 307:
- Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the "ting" of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 36:
- At the same moment the ting of a bell sounded sharply.
Translations
editVerb
editting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)
- To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
- When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.
- 1942 February, “A Railway Day in New England”, in Railway Magazine, page 38:
- It was built by Alco—the American Locomotive Company—and looked fairly new; it was carried on two 4-wheel bogies, and had a funny bell that tinged continuously somewhere inside.
Translations
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editFrom the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng) Wade-Giles romanization: ting³.[1]
Alternative forms
editNoun
editting (plural tings or ting)
- An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
References
edit- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 485: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] ting (ding) vessel 鼎”
Etymology 3
editFrom thing.
Noun
editting (plural tings)
- (Caribbean creoles, MLE, MTE) thing, person (often referring to an attractive woman or a relation with one or engagements in criminal schemes or otherwise potentially disreputable connections).
- 2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave:
- Inter, two man in Milan, heard one of my tings datin' P. Diddy / Need twenty percent of whatever she bags
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “ting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse þing n (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą, cognate with Icelandic þing (“assembly, parliament”), Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål ting (“thing”), English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editting c (singular definite tingen, plural indefinite ting)
- thing (an individual object)
Declension
editDerived terms
editNoun
editting n (singular definite tinget, plural indefinite ting)
- assembly, parliament (a judicial or legislative assembly)
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- alting (“Icelandic parliament”)
- folketing (“parliament”) (Folketinget (“Danish parliament”))
- lagting (“regional parliament”) (Lagtinget (“Faroese parliament”))
- landsting (“regional parliament”) (Landstinget (“Greenlandic parliament”))
- på tinge (“in parliament”)
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editting n (genitive singular tings, plural ting)
Declension
editDeclension of ting | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ting | tingið | ting | tingini |
accusative | ting | tingið | ting | tingini |
dative | tingi | tinginum | tingum | tingunum |
genitive | tings | tingsins | tinga | tinganna |
Hyponyms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- "ting" at Sprotin.fo
Indonesian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Hokkien 燈/灯 (teng, “light; lamp; lantern”).
Noun
editting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)
Further reading
edit- “ting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Mandarin
editRomanization
editting
- Nonstandard spelling of tīng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tíng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tǐng.
- Nonstandard spelling of tìng.
Usage notes
edit- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Nigerian Pidgin
editEtymology
editNoun
editting
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Noun
editting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)
- a thing
Derived terms
editNoun
editting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)
References
edit- “ting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Doublet of dings and tingest. Akin to English thing.
Noun
editting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- allting
- biting
- bruksting
- einskildting
- filleting
- forbruksting
- fornting
- ingenting
- luksusting
- mellomting
- nytteting
- småting
- tingallmuge
- tingbok
- tingbolk
- tingdag
- tingen i seg sjølv
- tingfred
- tinghus
- tingkvinne
- tinglag
- tingleg
- tinglesa
- tinglese
- tinglysa
- tinglyse
- tinglysing
- tingmann
- tingmøte
- tingrepresentant
- tingrett
- tingrettsdomar
- tingrettsdommar
- tingsete
- tingsrett
- tingstad
- tingstove
- tingstue
- tingsvitne
- tingvoll
- tingålmuge
- uting
- utstillingsting
Related terms
editNoun
editting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
Derived terms
editNoun
editting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editting
- imperative of tinga
References
edit- “ting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
editOld Tupi
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tiŋ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tˀiŋ.[1][2]
Adjective
editting (noun form tinga)
Usage notes
edit- ting is an irregular adjective. It absorbs the dummy pronoun i when used predicatively.
Declension
editRelated terms
edit- 'atinga
- abati'itinga
- abatitinga
- akangaotinga
- akaratinga
- amba'ytinga
- amoretinga
- anhu'ytinga
- atatinga
- esatinga
- gûyratinga
- inambutinga
- itaitinga
- itaîutinga
- ka'atinga
- kamaratinga
- karipiratyatinga
- kukuritinga
- mana'ytinga
- Mo'ytinga
- myîu'itinga
- pakoka'atinga
- pindatinga
- pira'itinga
- piranhatinga
- piratinga
- poti'atinga
- pykasutinga
- sabîatinga
- sarinambitinga
- saûîatinga
- sere'ytinga
- sûasutinga
- tabatinga
- tapyîtinga
- tinga
- tingaíba
- titinga
- u'iesakûatinga
- u'itinga
- u'itinga
- upi'atinga
- urubitinga
- urubutinga
- ybyratinga
- îabebytinga
- Îagûatinga
- îakutinga
See also
editColours in Old Tupi (layout · text) | ||||||||
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Nouns | piranga | îuba | oby | obyeté | *umbyka | morotinga, tinga | una | tingaíba, pytanga/pyxanga |
Adjectives | pirang | îub | *umbyk | moroting, ting | un | tingaíb, pytang/pyxang |
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editting (noun form tinga)
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas[2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí[3], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
Further reading
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tinga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 477–478
Romanian
editEtymology
editInterjection
editting
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish þing, from Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), from Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editting n
- a thing, an individual object
- Synonym: sak
- a thing, a court of law; a judicial or legislative assembly
Declension
editRelated terms
editSee also
editReferences
editTok Pisin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVerb
editting
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